Thursday, March 28, 2024
A Few Days in March ~ Skywatch Friday
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Skywatch Friday - First Post in November
Hi friends and fellow bloggers,
It's the first Friday post in this new month of November. I wish all of you a pleasant month despite the chaos and horrors on the world stage. May each of you have the strength and fortitude and joy you need to live each day.
This month I'm sharing a number of night shots. I don't have fancy camera equipment and I'm still learning how to take a good night shot with the new phone camera. Some of these are okay but I'll need more practice. If only I could have patience to read up on 'how'.
I was able to get these night photos because we've had about a week of very cold, dry weather. We are back to rain as of yesterday. When it's raining the sky is usually not clear.
I'm joining in with Skywatch Friday. Enjoy your Friday and the coming weekend.
Friday, March 10, 2023
Warm & Cold
I hope you are all well. Today I want to share photos I took on Wednesday. The day started off sunny and warmish. I went to the community plot in the late afternoon (first photo) and by the time I left it had turned cold.
Thank you for stopping by.I'm joining in with Skywatch Friday.
Friday, January 13, 2023
Skywatch Friday ~ January 12, 2023
Where I live the sky is generally gray over the winter months. Every now and then we have a break; the sky will clear and the sun will shine. It reminds us that spring will soon arrive. We had such a day on Wednesday.
Joining in with Skywatch Friday this week.
Saturday, July 23, 2022
A Hot Day in July
Thanks for stopping by. I'm a bit late for Skywatch Friday but here we go. It was a rather hot day and the sky had nary a cloud.
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On Friday, dear hubby and I took a far flung city tour on several different train routes of the sky train system. I'd never been on these routes and I thought it would be a great way for Jonah to get an overview of the city and for me to get an idea of where I can get to on these routes.
We set out on our city safari after fortifying ourselves with a large breakfast of bacon, eggs and toast. Have a look at our intended routes by viewing the map of the city's train system.
We started our journey on the Expo line shown in dark blue on the map. It's the oldest line of the Sky Train rapid transit system and is called the Expo Line after the 1986 World Exposition held in Vancouver. It was built to help move people around the city during the World Fair. Several other train lines have been added to the city's transit system since then and I have used the Expo line to the downtown and the train to the airport. I've never taken the train out to the suburbs of Surrey or to Coquitlam. I've never had a reason to go out to these suburbs but recently a good friend moved out to Coquitlam and she would like me to visit her.We decided to go as far as the train will take us so we followed the Expo Line (blue) out to King George station. We didn't get off there just looked around and I was pleasantly surprised to see that a college and a satellite office of the Simon Fraser University are located just steps from the station. That's good to know. It was a rather hot day and the train we were on for the first leg of
the journey to King George Station in Surrey took about 1 hour. With the rocking motion Jonah fell asleep. On our return journey he stood up so he could view everything out the windows.
After that we got back onto the Expo Line and travelled north then west to Columbia station. There we transferred to go east and north to Production Way-University. Once there we transferred to the Millennium Line (yellow) and went all the way to Lafarge Lake-Douglas. This is the last stop on this train route. I enjoyed seeing the fountain and the pretty flowers after making the short walk from the train stop.
This man was walking 5 dogs at once. |
I've been wanting to go to this man made lake for awhile now. At Christmas they have a light display and so maybe next Christmas I will get there. It also seems to be a place where more and more festivals are happening too. DH and I enjoyed the quiet and the scenery and made loose plans to pack a lunch and refreshments and head out there to spend the day enjoying the tranquility one day. I was wondering what all the tents are for just beyond the water. Apparently a Caribbean Festival starts on Saturday for the weekend. I'm sure it will be a much busier place this weekend.
Thanks for dropping by!
Friday, July 15, 2022
Skywatch Friday
Hello friends and fellow bloggers,
It's been awhile since I posted for Skywatch Friday so these are a few of the sky photos over the past several weeks. These photos were all taken over the months of June and July. Enjoy and thank you for stopping by!
The Last Weekend
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